James William Woodall (1889 - 1959)

Born 29 Oct 1889 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Kate (Connors) Woodall — married 2 Jul 1919 in Bourbon County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 11 May 1959 at age 69 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Wagoner Lute Woodall served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 14 Jul 1918
Unit(s): Supply Co, 11 Division
Service ended: 24 Jan 1919

"Lute" was his nickname and everyone knew him by that name. He even used Lute on his Social Security application. Name: Lute Woodall Gender: Male; Race: White; Birth Date: 28 Oct 1889; Birth Place: Nicholas CO, Kentucky; Father: James S Woodall; Mother: Emma Anderson; Type of Claim: Original SSN.; Notes: Jul 1937: Name listed as LUTE WOODALL ^[1]

James Woodall was age 10, son, living in the household of his parents, James and Emma Woodall in the 1900 census of Nicholas County, Kentucky. ^[2]

Jas. W. Woodall age 23, was hired on 27 November 1912 by the L & N Railroad to work as a switchman. ^[3]

World War I draft registration: "James William Woodall, age 26, b. Oct 28, 1890 in Nicholas Co., KY; switchman for the L & N RR; single with no dependents. Tall, medium build, brown eyes & hair. Home address 1321 Main, Paris, KY. ^[4]

James W. Woodall served in World War I as a Private in Co M 17 Infantry. Enlisted July 15, 1918. Went to basic training at Camp Meade, Maryland and stayed stateside in Supply Co. 17th Infantry, 11th Division. Discharged January 24, 1919.^[5][6][7]

James W. Woodall married Anna Kate Conners 2 July 1919 by J.T. Sharrard. Witness: J.W. Woodall, Mrs. Lula Woodall. ^[8] Newspaper announcement of the wedding. Lexington Herald (Lexington, Kentucky) 3 July 1919, p 10 Paris, KY, July 2 County Clerk Pearce Paton Wednesday issued a marriage license to James W. Woodall and Miss Annie Kate Connor, both of Carlisle.

Lute and Anna Kate had five children: Emma M.; Evelyn; Berry Connor; James William Jr; and Eloise.

He was a farmer and resided Henryville, Nicholas County, Kentucky in 1930. ^[9]

Lute Woodall died 1959 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9H9-3KQ : 20 January 2015), James Woodall in household of James Woodall, Magisterial District 4, (excl. Carlisle town), Mayor's Office Precinct B, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,546.
3. ↑ L & N Railroad Brakemen 1906-1916, p 187
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K78Z-FTY : 12 December 2014), James William Woodall, 1917-1918; citing Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,643,957.
5. ↑ Kentucky Council of Defense, Nicholas County, War Record James W.Woodall, Pvt. microfilm KDLA, Frankfort, KY.
6. ↑ Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. Microfilm publication M1916, 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
7. ↑ Ardery, Mrs Wm Breckinridge Ardery. Paris (Hopewell) Sesquicentennial, A Record of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Bourbon's County Seat. p 46 World War Memorial Tablet. Soldiers of the World War Who Enlisted Bourbon County or Who have Moved into the County Since the World War: Jas. W. Woodall.
8. ↑ Bourbon Co., KY Marriage Register 4, p 239. p 289 2 July 1919 James W. Woodall to Anna Kate Connors
9. ↑ US Census 4 Apr 1930 in Nicholas Co., KY."United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMFX-2XM : 8 December 2015), James Woodall Jr., 1930.
10. ↑ Kentucky. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964). Film 7054457: Certificates 007501-010000. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.